Police arrest two after guns found in car; connection to shooting unclear

Police arrest two, find three guns in car

By
Danielle Sanzone, Troy/The Record

Sunday, October 27, 2013

GREEN ISLAND >> Two men were arrested Saturday night when a Green Island officer on a routine traffic stop allegedly found three guns in a car speeding from Troy.

When an officer pulled over a car after 10:30 p.m. near the Village Plaza, three of the four people in the car ran away. The driver, Rayquan Murphy, 18, of Cohoes stayed in the car. Later, with the help of the Troy Police and a K9 unit, Aquell Tarver, 20, of Troy was found nearby in a culvert, officials from the Green Island police said.

Three handguns were allegedly found in the car and the two men have been charged with felony criminal possession of a weapon. They were arraigned and sent to Albany County Jail. They are due back in Green Island court on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m.

The other two people who fled are still at large, police said.

Though unclear if the two incidents are related, multiple shots were fired around 10:30 p.m. in the area of Hutton Street and Old Sixth Avenue, about four blocks from the Green Island bridge where Murphy was initially spotted speeding by Green Island police.